Comments on: Garden Fuck-Up: What’s the Dill?http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/ - recipes, restaurants, food travel and everything edibleSat, 21 Mar 2015 17:04:25 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1By: Ali Macalusohttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95592 Ali MacalusoThu, 23 Aug 2012 16:35:55 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95592@Ellicia, me too – I feel like a total dill weed. @MonkeyBoy, I haven’t noticed any, but who knows – they very well may be the culprits when I am not looking…although my parsley seems to be okay…@Lauren, so Dill is an anti-social biatch like Rosemary?!? Sheesh, these herbs are high maintenance….thanks for the recommendation – I will give her her own space next season! ]]>By: Laurenhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95557 LaurenWed, 22 Aug 2012 20:51:48 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95557My mom always told me that dill likes to be alone – it needs to be in a pot on its own, not close to other plants. Also, if you want to grow a lot of dill, better to raise several smaller plants than one large one. *shrug* I don’t garden, so I do not speak from experience – might be worth a try! ]]>By: MonkeyBoyhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95467 MonkeyBoyTue, 21 Aug 2012 00:52:43 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95467Have you seen any caterpillars on the dill? Black Swallowtail ‘pillers eat up dill, parsley, and carrots. With my dill they will eventually eat it to what yours looks like. Parsley has so many leaves that they don’t destroy it as much. They are pretty unmistakeable, yellow and green zebra stripes and about the size of your pinky right before they cocoon. ]]>By: Elliciahttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95464 ElliciaMon, 20 Aug 2012 23:55:49 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95464I was so hoping someone would come up with the answer. It isn’t called dill weed for nothing. How hard can it be to grow a weed for goodness sake? I have had trouble transplanting tap root plants such as parsley and cilantro and dill so I started growing them from seed. But even growing dill from seed eludes me. ]]>By: Ali Macalusohttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95323 Ali MacalusoFri, 17 Aug 2012 16:52:36 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95323Roslee, I need the secrets of your mom’s dill!!! Thanks, I hope so too. Yeah, window boxes are tough – I’ve never had much luck either. I’m jealous of your over-abundance of cilantro and chili peppers – two of my favorites! ]]>By: Roslee Orndorffhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95320 Roslee OrndorffFri, 17 Aug 2012 16:29:45 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95320I really, really wish I knew what my Mom did…it grew like a wild weed for her (at least in my memory) I remember seeing huge plants in her garden when I was little. I hope you find out what will work. I can’t keep any culinary herb alive that I’ve tried raising on the “window sill” in my various apartments. I kill off every last one of them, though I follow the directions for their care. I am fortunate that I live in the largest city in New Mexico…here I can find lots of “fresh” herbs….perhaps not always the ones I want at the moment, but I can always substitute….it being New Mexico, I never have trouble finding good cilantro or chiles…ever!! ]]>By: Ali Macalusohttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95316 Ali MacalusoFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:42:16 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95316Yes, please! Glad I’m not the only one, Courtney! ]]>By: Courtneyhttp://www.endlesssimmer.com/2012/08/17/garden-fuck-up-whats-the-dill/comment-page-1/#comment-95315 CourtneyFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:37:11 +0000http://www.endlesssimmer.com/?p=37920#comment-95315This same thing happened to me. The thyme and chives I planted next to my dill are flourishing while it, as you said, “sent up brown, stiff, ugly little middle fingers sprouting from the dirt”. Someone who knows something: help! ]]>